Spec me a gaming MONSTER!!

cjayjay · 8 Jul 2006 at 16:38

Got a pretty good solid build in my head but i want to see what u guys can come up with

Only thing im sure of is that:
1) Moniter is a: Viewsonic VX2025wm 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor
2) I'd like it to be a conroe system
3) I am absolutely clueless about the tower, so pls spec me a lovely breezy sexy one

Your mission if u choose to except it is to spec me one MONSTER of a gaming rig with a budget of approx £1600 (not including moniter/keyboard/mouse).

Thankyou, i look forward to seeing what u guys come up with :cool:

p.s all likings of cooling (be it air or water) and all likings of graphics (be it single/crossfire/sli) are very welcome - I wanna see as much variation as possible.

p.s.s Budget is a little flexible - would be willing to spend a little over the margin, i.e. ~£1700 if the system calls for it

sumik · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:12

Tower: Thermaltake Tsunami or Antec P180
Mobo: Asus A8n32 or A8N Premium or DFI Lanparty(better for overclocking)
CPU: AMD X2 4400+
Psu: OCZ Powerstream 520W or 600W
Heatsink: Thermaltake Big Typhoon or Zalman 9500
Video: evga 7900GT or 7900GTX or 7950GX2
HDD: Wester Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000rpm 16mb and 250 Caviar as secondary
RAM: anything fron Kingston, OCZ, Corsair, G.Skill 2GB dual channel

Yewen · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:24

Lian Li S80 case, easily 10x better than the two listed above.

Building my main rig up in one now, and it is truely phenominal.

Sir Random · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:29

Case as Yewen suggests (Lian Li S80)

XS6800 conroe

Mobo depends on your choice of gfx card, if you want Crossfire/SLI. There'll be lots of new conroe mobos/revisions appearing in the next month or two, I'd wait until the last minute before choosing.

GFX is a toss-up between X1900XT or 7900GTX/7950

A lot of guys recommend the G.Skill 2x1Gb DDR2. Ram speed depends on whether you want to o'clock or not.

cjayjay · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:31

Thnks for the replies guys!

Sumik - Thnks for the spec. Gonna go for a conroe system tho

Yewen - Was hoping youd reccomend me a Lian-Li

I must admit it looks pretty schnazzy! Am i right in believing it has 5 fans!! ?

Sir Random - Thnks man, forgot to note that i do intend on doing a little bit of overclocking. Also i will be ordering my parts in approx 2 months time to make way for the new boards.

Some great suggestions sofar. Keep em coming :cool:

Cjay

Sir Random · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:35

Just wait a while, and someone will spec you nice rig (with prices). There are lots of experienced 'spec'ers in this forum

Carbine · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:36

sumik said:
Tower: Thermaltake Tsunami or Antec P180
Mobo: Asus A8n32 or A8N Premium or DFI Lanparty(better for overclocking)
CPU: AMD X2 4400+
Psu: OCZ Powerstream 520W or 600W
Heatsink: Thermaltake Big Typhoon or Zalman 9500
Video: evga 7900GT or 7900GTX or 7950GX2
HDD: Wester Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000rpm 16mb and 250 Caviar as secondary
RAM: anything fron Kingston, OCZ, Corsair, G.Skill 2GB dual channel

He said a Conroe

hmmm.

Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower - £129.19

Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz - £182.07

Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £158.57

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £323.07

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 200GB ST3200827AS SATA-II 8MB X2 - £112.64

Plextor PX-716AL/T3B Slot Feed DVD-RW - ~£80

Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply £99.82

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit - £173.84

~£1260

Custom Cooling = Water:

Aqua-Computer High End 240 with AquaStream / Comprises of:

Aquastream 12v Pump, with Plug&Cool 8mm Fittings
Aquastream 3.5" Monitoring Device
3 metres of Transparent 8mm tubing
Blue Aquatube Reservoir with Plug&Cool 8mm Fittings
2 x Papst 120mm 4412 F/2GL Fans
Evo 240 Radiator
Evo 240 Radiator Grill
ACFluid, Thermal Compound, Case Badge, Allen Key Set

~£200

Aquacomputer Cuplex XT Block P4 478 + 775 - ~£50
Aquacomputer X1900 Block - ~£50

Total for watercooling = ~£300

Total Altogether = ~£1560

Edit: all include VAT but prices don't include overall delivery price... as some of these parts i've mentioned are from different stores

Yewen · 8 Jul 2006 at 17:46

You are wrong with that amount of fans.

3x 120mm and 1x 80mm high quality fans, the case is basically a case, within a box. Built to high standard and is the only case I have ever used that makes an audable difference to the noise of the PC, will not silence a computer but certainly muffles the noise unlike a P180.

Breaking for tea, then I will be posting pictures of my build later tonight in the case central part of OcUK, if you take a look tommorrow I think I will sell you the case.

Blows the v1000+ out the water, big style. That was my old case, and a v1000 which I thought was about as good as cases got for 2 years build quality wise but Lian Li really have outdone themselves on the S80. Takes a long time to build in to tidy cables but it is a joy to work with.

cjayjay · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:18

Hey i look forward to u convincing me

Tbh cos im making a gaming machine with the intent of some overclocking, cooling and decent space are my main priorities. Build quality however is also v v important to me and i must say the S80 is lookin pretty good

Thnks Carbine for the build, really appreciate all the posts u guys are sending!

Cjay

helpimcrap · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:26

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF)
£129.95 £129.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£224.95 £224.95
CA-069-LL Lian-Li PC-S80B Black Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-069-LL)
£148.95 £148.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£21.95 £21.95
WC-020-VP Vapochill LightSpeed Cooling Unit - Black (Socket 478/754/939) (04-L-1012) (WC-020-VP)
£468.95 £468.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£43.50 £43.50
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£147.95 £147.95
Subtotal £1,486.10
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £24.95
VAT £264.44
Total £1,775.49

a little mad on the OCing but hey.... why not do it properly.

cjayjay · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:33

lol duuuude :

WC-020-VP Vapochill LightSpeed Cooling Unit - Black (Socket 478/754/939) (04-L-1012) (WC-020-VP)
£468.95 £468.95

bit on the xtreme side for me

Cjay

helpimcrap · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:36

cjayjay said:
lol duuuude :

WC-020-VP Vapochill LightSpeed Cooling Unit - Black (Socket 478/754/939) (04-L-1012) (WC-020-VP)
£468.95 £468.95

bit on the xtreme side for me

Cjay

you said you were planning on doing a little bit of overclocking... :confused:

cjayjay · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:49

Indeed i did my good man.

Those 460 squids could be divided nicely into other stuff tho - i mean thats the price of 2 of those Radeons

I must admit, would be nice to own a vapochill....Still, id feel guilty about all those squids - wouldn't want my Monster feeling inadaquate in other areas like haveing a small...........Graphics card

Carbine · 8 Jul 2006 at 23:22

Rather than a Vapo.. why not go for a mini chiller instead?

GhostRider · 9 Jul 2006 at 00:00

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£254.95 £254.95
GX-087-AS Asus ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-087-AS)
£299.95 £299.95
HD-015-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£89.95 £89.95
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£65.95 £65.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £26.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
CD-001-BQ BenQ DW1650 16x16 DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-001-BQ)
£23.50 £23.50
MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS)
£149.95 £149.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)
£114.95 £114.95
CA-087-CM CoolerMaster Praetorian 732 Aluminum Case (No PSU) - Black (CA-087-CM)
£89.95 £89.95
Subtotal £1,421.95
VAT £248.85
Total £1,670.80

Should i have included speakers and if so how many would you be after ??

benjo · 9 Jul 2006 at 00:15

Dunno if anyone wants to finish mine off?

Shopping Cart (Prices in British Pounds) REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
CA-069-LL Lian-Li PC-S80B Black Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-069-LL)
£148.95 £148.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN)
£129.95 £129.95
GX-052-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-052-HT)
£299.95 £299.95
CP-130-IN Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN)
£659.95 £659.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£147.95 £147.95
Subtotal £1,471.70
VAT £257.55
Total £1,729.25

TBQH :cool:

syke · 9 Jul 2006 at 00:43

CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£84.95 £84.95
MB-010-IN Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - OEM (MB-010-IN)
£129.95 £129.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO)
£21.95 £21.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£224.95 £224.95
CA-069-LL Lian-Li PC-S80B Black Aluminium Full Tower Case (CA-069-LL)
£148.95 £148.95
CP-130-IN Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN)
£659.95 £659.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£49.95 £49.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS)
£114.95 £114.95
Subtotal £1,435.60
VAT £251.23
Total £1,686.83

:rolleyes:

benjo · 9 Jul 2006 at 01:24

Looks awesome syke :cool:

UKTopGun · 9 Jul 2006 at 11:08

Yewen said:
Lian Li S80 case, easily 10x better than the two listed above.

Building my main rig up in one now, and it is truely phenominal.

Its also £80 more?

But other than that system is looking great mate!

Yewen · 9 Jul 2006 at 12:14

UKTopGun said:
Its also £80 more?

But other than that system is looking great mate!

Yes but if you look at its budget its just right for a high end case.

Otherwise he may aswell put it into a PC7+ or Eclipse and be done with it.

PC7+ > Tsunami in build quality and cooling.
Eclipse > P180 in build quality and cooling.
PC7+ > P180 build quality.
P180 > PC7+ cooling.